So much of our lives are focused on checklists, productivity, responsibilities, and things we need to accomplish. All of these things typically are purposeful, and it certainly feels great to check things off and feel like we are moving forward whether at work or around the home or more broadly with life goals. Yet, sometimes we go about this focus with tunnel vision at the expense of ourselves.

When we value more than one person or commitment, we feel this constant bid for our attention. The reality is that we can value and have more than one priority, but we cannot always equally attend to all things at the same time…